The Survey points out promising directions for reform, including strengthening government capacities for formulating and implementing…
Prevailing theories hold that U.S. public support for a war depends primarily on its degree of success, U.S. casualties, or conflict goals…
In “The Ethics of Dynamic Pricing,” Ahmad Faruqui lays out a case for
improved efficiency in using dynamic prices for retail electricity…
The Deliberative Polls of James Fishkin and Robert Luskin represent today the gold standard of attempts to sample what a considered public…
What is science’s proper role in democracy? A half-century ago the answer seemed plain: to “speak truth to power.” Science and politics…
On Graduation from Default, Inflation and Banking Crises: Elusive or Illusion? Kenneth Rogoff, July 2010, Paper. "This paper uses a data…
The Effect of Corporate Taxes on Investment and Entrepreneurship. Andrei Shleifer, Tim Ganser, July 2010, Paper. "We present new data…
The Secret to Job Growth: Think Small. Edward Glaeser, William Kerr, July 2010, Paper. "With job growth continuing to lag even as…
Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom? Edward Glaeser, Joshua Gottlieb, July 2010, Paper. "Between 1996 and 2006, real housing…